I'd say it's up to you as the developer to decide on java requirement. Personally I would ditch java 5 support and go for a Java 6+ requirement. But as Robert says, it could make the plugin impossible to use for some people.
/Anders (mobile) Den 7 apr 2014 23:46 skrev "Robert Scholte" <codeh...@sourcegrounds.com>: > Hi, > > I've added 2 plugins which verify the sources and dependencies. So it's > not required to use an old JDK anymore(unless you want to be 100% sure). So > now you need to find an older version of plexus-utils ;) > You will be surprised how often JDK5 is still used. Especially the bigger > companies can struggle with moving forwards to a more recent JDK, sometimes > caused by the version of the webcontainer. > > I don't mind the watermark being aggressive. Users should be aware of the > status of the plugin, developers should be motivated to move it faster to a > final version. > > regards, > Robert > > Op Mon, 07 Apr 2014 23:22:24 +0200 schreef Jörg Hohwiller < > jo...@j-hohwiller.de>: > > Hi, >> >> I changed the skin. Please note that the watermarks are very aggressive. >> For the sandbox skin I got feedback from others that they could not read >> the information properly. >> >> I was able to get some JDK1.5 from a museum. However, I doubt that >> anybody still requires 1.5 compatibility today. >> Finally I can not build with JDK 1.5: >> [INFO] BUILD FAILURE >> [INFO] >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> [INFO] Total time: 5.629s >> [INFO] Finished at: Mon Apr 07 23:17:58 CEST 2014 >> [INFO] Final Memory: 13M/26M >> [INFO] >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> [ERROR] Failed to execute goal >> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugi >> n:2.5.1:compile (default-compile) on project flatten-maven-plugin: >> Compilation f >> ailure >> [ERROR] >> C:\Users\hohwille\projects\OSS\flatten-maven-plugin\src\main\java\or >> g\codehaus\mojo\flatten\FlattenMojo.java:[61,-1] cannot access >> org.codehaus.plex >> us.util.IOUtil >> [ERROR] bad class file: >> C:\Users\hohwille\.m2\repository\org\codehaus\plexus >> \plexus-utils\3.0.17\plexus-utils-3.0.17.jar(org/codehaus/ >> plexus/util/IOUtil.cla >> ss) >> [ERROR] class file has wrong version 50.0, should be 49.0 >> [ERROR] -> [Help 1] >> >> What should I do now? >> To me it seems as this information is not consistent as IOUtil from >> plexus is not even JDK 1.5 compliant. >> Or do I missunderstand the error message? >> >> Regards >> Jörg >> >> Am 04.04.2014 09:04, schrieb Baptiste Mathus: >> >>> Hi, >>> Should be OK. Also replace the skin with the pre-release one, as I >>> suppose you're not releasing a non qualified (alpha, beta) version >>> directly? >>> As for adding the plugin already in plugins.apt, I guess it's >>> generally better to do it afterwards. Because if someone in the team >>> ini the meantime fixes something and redeploys the website, there wll >>> be a reference to flatten-maven-plugin not yet existing. >>> >>> Also beware using a JDK5 locally for releasing to prevent any unwanted >>> usage creeping in (as we didn't set up animal-sniffer IIRC). >>> >>> Have fun. >>> Cheers >>> >>> >>> 2014-04-04 0:31 GMT+02:00 Jörg Hohwiller <jo...@j-hohwiller.de >>> <mailto:jo...@j-hohwiller.de>>: >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I have moved flattend-maven-plugin out of sandbox: >>> >>> * moved folder in svn >>> * change pom (updated parent) >>> * removed sandbox skin in site.xml >>> * moved plugin link in plugins.apt (already with upcoming >>> version that is not yet released). >>> >>> For the actual release I would follow >>> http://mojo.codehaus.org/development/performing-a-release.html >>> and do these steps: >>> >>> * stage the release (remove SNAPSHOT from version, create SVN >>> tag, all via release plugin) >>> * start a vote >>> >>> Anything I might be missing? >>> >>> Sorry for all the double checking but the previous mojo I wrote >>> had been released by others. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jörg >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net >>> Sauvez un arbre, >>> Mangez un castor ! >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > >
